| Summary: | Dot O'Brien shares her memories of jukeboxes and folk cures in Cape Broyle. Andrea McGuire and Dot (Dorothy) O’Brien August 10, 2017 Introductions; Dot O’Brien was born in Cape Broyle on January 2, 1945 to father Matthew Rossiter and mother Monica (Rice) Rossiter; mother is featured in Kenneth Peacock’s field recordings of Newfoundland folk songs; both parents were from Cape Broyle; 0:58 – begins discussing jukeboxes; they listened to Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, many country and western singers through the jukeboxes; watched Tommy Hunter and Tommy Common sing on television; they were also “in the jukebox”; 2:25 – first memories of the jukeboxes; they came in when Dot was a child; there was one in a small store down the road; the store had a Heinz soup machine and a hot dog machine; 3:30 – describes layout of the store; people sat on stools to listen to the jukebox; there was an area for dancing; 3:55 – visited the jukebox every Sunday; families would come and listen together; 5:05 – describes Michael Hayden’s jukebox; jukeboxes were always place
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